Haploteuthis ferox

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Haploteuthis ferox are animals that feature in The Sea Raiders short story.

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History

On the coast of South Devon, a shoal of such octopi suddenly emerge where the voracious killed eleven people in boats with one attacking a man on shore before mysteriously disappearing back into the depths of the sea.

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Notes

  • H. G. Wells in "The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories" states that the name is a mock scientific term which is a mixture of Greek and Latin to mean "Fierce Squid".

Appearances

  • Weekly Sun Literary Supplement: "The Sea Raiders" (1896)

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